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☆ South Korea to conduct first launch of commercial-grade satellite
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In this image provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a space rocket Nuri (KSLV-Ⅱ) launches at the Naro Space Center on June 21, 2022 in UGoheung-gun, South Korea. South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program, officials said Tuesday. South Korea's officials say its homegrown Nuri space launch vehicle has no military purposes. In June last year, South Korea conducted its first satellite launch using the Nuri rocket. The Science Ministry said the rocket will blast off from the country's space launch center on a southern island on May 24.

☆ No regrets from the Iraqi who threw his shoes at Bush
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Maher Nazeh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] FILE PHOTO-Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who gained fame for hurling his shoes at President George W. Bush during a joint statement with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in December 14, 2008, sits at his home in Baghdad, Iraq, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Maher NazehBAGHDAD, March 14 (Reuters) - Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi gained fame for hurling his shoes at President George W. Bush in a news conference to show his anger at the corruption and chaos that followed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. "The same people who entered 20 years ago with the occupier are still ruling despite failures and corruption. Bush, who was standing next to then Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, ducked to avoid the footwear that spun at him from across the room. He added that he continued to campaign against graft and he has never regretted hurling his shoes.

☆ U.S.-led Iraq war ushered in years of chaos and conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] A general view of Tahrir square as demonstrators take part during the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 5, 2019. Here is a look at some of the violence, including suicide bombings and beheadings, that has plagued Iraq, a major OPEC oil producer and key U.S. ally, since the 2003 war. * March 20, 2003 - U.S.-led forces invade Iraq from Kuwait to oust Saddam Hussein. * October 2004 - Al Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi starts waging bloody attacks designed to turn majority Shi’ite Muslims against minority Sunnis in a civil war. * January 2007 - Bush announces a new war strategy including a “surge” of U.S. troops into Iraq to combat the insurgency.

☆ Year in review: Scenes from a tragedy in Uvalde
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Marisela Gamez (2nd R) cries out while she is held by her husband, Mario (R), and daughter, Emily, as they gather at the memorial cross of Gamez' niece, Nevaeh Bravo, who was killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, U.S....moreMarisela Gamez (2nd R) cries out while she is held by her husband, Mario (R), and daughter, Emily, as they gather at the memorial cross of Gamez' niece, Nevaeh Bravo, who was killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 26, 2022. Crosses for all the victims were set up at the county courthouse. REUTERS/Nuri VallbonaClose

☆ Jewish settlers storm town and pepper spray Israeli soldiers in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Jewish settlers stormed through a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said Thursday, throwing stones at Palestinian cars and using pepper spray on troops who were trying to disperse the settlers. Israeli settlers walk with batons during clashes in which Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents and shops in the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank last week. Meanwhile, the Palestinians launched a general strike throughout the West Bank and east Jerusalem in response to the death of a suspected Palestinian attacker. Tamimi was the subject of a more than weeklong manhunt that culminated when he opened fire at a security guard at a West Bank settlement Wednesday. Some 500,000 Jewish settlers now live in the West Bank in some 130 settlements.

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